AT&T E5937 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
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Telephone operation
Options while on calls
Mute
Press
MUTE/DELETE to silence the microphone. You will
be able to hear the person at the other end, but they
will not be able to hear you until you press MUTE/DELETE
again and resume speaking.
Temporary ring silencing
Press OFF/CLEAR or MUTE/DELETE while the phone is
ringing to silence the ringer temporarily.
The next phone call will ring normally.
NOTE: If you have more than one handset in use, all handsets ring with
an incoming call. Press OFF or MUTE on one handset will only silence the
ringer of that particular handset but the other handset(s) will continue to ring.
Temporary tone dialing
If you have dial pulse (rotary) service, you can switch
to touch tone dialing during a call by pressing
*
. This
can be useful if you need to send tone signals for access
to answering systems or long-distance services.
After you hang up or press PHONE/FLASH (to receive a
call waiting call), the phone automatically returns to dial
pulse (rotary) service.
Mute
Tone
Ringer
silenced